To the Editor: A Jan. 20 letter from Larry Penner suggested that the City Council be expanded ''from 51 to 59 members, using the boundaries of the 59 community boards.'' The board boundaries, however, cannot be used this way, because they are...

February 24, 2002, Sunday

To the Editor: ''Packed Race for an Office Few Voters Understand'' (news article, Aug. 20) underscored that the office of the public advocate in New York City is largely a waste of taxpayer money, especially as its principal purpose seems to be to...

August 23, 2001, Thursday

To the Editor: Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's misstatements about the Rent Guidelines Board -- which I led until April 30 -- warrant a reply (news article, May 1). First, despite tabloid headlines, no proposal for an increase now exists, let...

Facing ouster by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the chairman of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board quit yesterday and unleashed a scathing attack on the mayor. The departing chairman, Edward S. Hochman, accused Mr. Giuliani of being ''a control...

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, frustrated with what he considered excessive rent increases imposed last year on tenants of the city's 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, has decided to replace the chairman of the Rent Guidelines Board just as it begins...

To the Editor: ''Theater Club Has Plans for Broadway House'' (Arts pages, Nov. 22) noted the concern of a Clinton Special District Coalition representative that the apartments planned adjacent to the Biltmore Theater would command ''top rents''...

November 29, 2000, Wednesday

IT is surely one of the most thankless tasks in public service. And on Thursday morning, when the gavel pounds for the start of this year's all-day hearing on proposed rent increases for New York City's 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, members...

YOU never got to play second base for the Yankees, were rejected by Harvard Law, lost $15,000 (and the race) in your 1990 New Jersey Congressional campaign, didn't fulfill that teenage prediction about being a second-term senator by 45. Now you're...

The agency that decides rent increases for the one million rent-stabilized apartments in New York City is considering major changes in its formulas that could theoretically raise rents 8.5 percent for a one-year lease and 12 percent for a two-year...

April 25, 2000, Tuesday

To the Editor: The proposed merger of the Canadian National Railway Company and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation raises hopes for an integrated freight rail system linking all of North America (Business Day, Feb. 22). But this...